Pop culture books for the holidays

The Big Screen The Story of the Movies David Thomson Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $35 Film guru Thomson takes a passionate, idiosyncratic tour of the history of movies and the transformative role they play in modern life.

The Big Screen The Story of the Movies David Thomson Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $35 Film guru Thomson takes a passionate, idiosyncratic tour of the history of movies and the transformative role they play in modern life. (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)